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June 07th 2012:Decisions, Decisions: Virtualization or Private Cloud?

Cloud computing: a positively disruptive innovation offering opportunities for every business – including yours. Today our experts discuss virtualization and the private cloud.
SAP’s Jeff Anders: “There are a lot of misperceptions about virtualization and cloud computing, based on outdated information.”
Deloitte’s Scott Wall: “Virtualization is a key step in creating a private cloud or internal cloud-like capabilities that can enhance the business.”
Dell’s Kamesh Pemmaraju: “Corporate data centers are not going away. Cloud computing is not the end of IT.”
Ovum’s Roy Illsley: “Cloud matur

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Kamesh Pemmaraju

Kamesh Pemmaraju is a Senior Product Manager for Cloud Solutions at Dell, with specific focus on the Dell OpenStack-Powered Cloud Solution. Kamesh has a strong history of bringing cloud technology products to market. Most recently, he consulted for enterprises, service providers, ISV's, and start-ups on cloud computing, including OpenStack. Having held senior engineering and business roles with key companies—including Siemens, Pegasystems, and Solidworks—he brings strong agile development expertise, broad open source experience, and an extensive technical consulting background in cloud computing. Kamesh co-authored the critically acclaimed "Leaders in the Cloud" SandHill industry study. His

Jeff Anders

Jeff Anders joined SAP in May 2010 as Director of Solution Management in the Virtualization and Cloud product group. He is a member of the team responsible for establishing and driving the direction for new products to help SAP customers more effectively and efficiently deploy and manage their SAP applications in virtual and cloud environments. Prior to joining SAP, Jeff held positions as a Sr. Director of Product Marketing at Embarcadero, responsible for the product marketing and product management efforts of Embarcadero’s Java products; as a Director in the Platform Solution Marketing at SAP where he was responsible for all outbound marketing activities related to SAP’s Java and ABAP deve

Roy Illsley

Roy Illsley, Principal Analyst at Ovum, has over 23 years of IT experience, working for a variety of consultancy and end-user companies with experience in the defence, utilities, automotive, retail, and Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) industries. He works in the Infrastructure Software team and is recognized as Ovum’s expert on Virtualisation and Infrastructure Management. Since joining Ovum in 2006, he has worked on major report projects including Document Collaboration, IT Governance, SOA Platforms, IT Strategy and Architecture, and was report captain for the IT Virtualisation, Desktop virtualization, Systems Management, and Infrastructure Management. He is the lead analyst in delivering

Scott Wall

Scott Wall is a member of a unique organization at Deloitte Consulting , LLP, called the Solutions Network (SNET). The SNET is a Technology Center of Expertise that helps Deloitte practices sell and deliver projects, manage investments, and enable practitioners. Scott has more than 20 years of IT experience and 16 years of SAP-specific experience delivering implementation and support services to SAP customers across multiple industries. Areas of expertise include: SAP technical lead and infrastructure specialist with a focus on new technologies such as virtualization and cloud computing. Scott’s role involves enabling practitioners and project teams by providing support, technical advisory,